MAYNOOTH FOREST SCHOOL PROJECT MAY 2019

We have been having a wonderful time down in the woods of Maynooth University for the last 8 weeks, working with 3rd class from Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich running a 10-week Forest School Programme. We have been building dens, putting up homemade swings, doing natural arts and crafts including nature journals, dream catchers, clay Easter eggs, …

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BIODIVERSITY WEEK EVENT MAY 2019

We held a successful workshop for Biodiversity Week at the John Sullivan Resource Centre, Clane, on how to develop your garden or community space into a pollinator and wildlife haven by introducing a variety of native habitats.

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KILDARE COMMUNITY STORIES VISITS OUR BIODIVERSITY GARDEN May 2019

Kildare Community Stories is a Facebook group run by Kildare County Council. They go out and visit community groups around Kildare to get a taste of what is going on for the citizens of the county.

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School Garden set up in Scoil Mhuire, Newbridge May 2019

I helped 2nd class in Scoil Mhuire, create an interesting kind of garden, chilled space in a contained courtyard space in the school, creating a green haven right in the middle of the school, we put in some living willow and beds, and are looking forward to seeing it grow!

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FOREST SCHOOL TEACHER SUMMER TRAINING COURSE APRIL 2019

We are very excited to be running the very forest summer teacher training course in Forest School through the auspices of the Kildare Education Centre. We applied and got permission to run this Teacher Summer Training course through the Kildare Education Centre.

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PILOT FOREST SCHOOL PROGRAMME AT CASTLETOWN HOUSE April 2019

We have just completed a successful 6-week Forest School After School Programme in the woods of Castletown. This was our Pilot Programme to test the waters and see if there would be interest and to see how the children enjoyed the programme.

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6TH ANNUAL SCHOOL GARDEN CONFERENCE – March 2019

This weekend I delivered 2 workshops on biodiversity in the school garden as part of SEED's sixth Annual School Garden Conference, which was held in St. Laurence's National School, Sallins, Co. Kildare, on Saturday 23rd March 2019.

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9-day Forest School Leader training March 2019

Lots of fun and learning during part two of our 9-day Forest School Leader training in Co. Wicklow with Circle of Life Training. These trainees are learning to become Forest School Leaders of the future. Excited to see what they end up doing in the future!

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First-ever National Biodiversity Conference February 2019

We didn't win, but it was great to be there, having the chats about our project and attending some interesting sessions about the issues at hand!!

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Level 1 Forest School Training in Wicklow February 2019

Myself and Ciara from Forest School Ireland spent a gorgeous weekend with an incredible bunch of ladies playing in the woods, introducing them to the wonders of forest school, there was some wild cooking, shelter building, playing with ropes and creating some first school crafts!

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